Roosevelt Elk

coscorrosa

These are from the Hoh Rainforest area in Olympic National Park.

As I was driving home yesterday morning the light got interesting and I thought there may be some good landscape opportunities, so I changed my plans and made an impulse trip back into the rain forest to see if I could capture it. Unfortunately the light didn't pan out for landscapes, but I got really lucky when I stumbled upon a single elk which was soon joined by two others, and soon after two of them went into the pond to eat.

I almost didn't pack my 100-400 lens on the trip as I was there to shoot the beach and rainforest but I'm glad I did! I definitely need to head back there during rut and get the males with their headgear in place.

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Candid Arts

Why'd you clone the horns out?

j/k...excellent pictures... I need to get out and find some of these guys.

Dogdots

Beautiful photos --- their faces look like a Collies face.

dlplumer

Oh Ron, these are so good

bfjr

Excellent Set

Lovely Colors and Detail

Like the 1st one best and don't even know why

coscorrosa

Candid Arts wrote:

Why'd you clone the horns out?

j/k...excellent pictures... I need to get out and find some of these guys.

Yeah, like I said, I need to go find them during horny season (literally and figuratively)

They're gorgeous animals, and huge, they only trail the moose in size (in the deer family).

coscorrosa

Dogdots wrote:

Beautiful photos --- their faces look like a Collies face.

Interesting, I thought the same thing, they're 1,000 lb. vegetarian dogs

coscorrosa

dlplumer wrote:

Oh Ron, these are so good

Thanks Dan! I was very lucky to catch them at the right time.

coscorrosa

bfjr wrote:

Excellent Set

Lovely Colors and Detail

Like the 1st one best and don't even know why

Thanks Benjamin, of the few hundred photos I took, that was the only one with teeth

grimace

Great pics Ron!! I like the detail and sharpness of the shots!!

riddim_maker

Beautiful captures Ron
You can never plan what you'll bump into out there indeed, it pays to be prepared as you were.
Nice composition in #2 & 5

Drin

Fantastic and majestic portraits. I like them a lot.

coscorrosa

Thanks for the comments Adam, Russ, and Drin - these are truly magnificent animals and I felt privileged to be able to see them up close (they were totally indifferent to my presence, and there was no one else around, so it was pretty cool).

Ric Grupe

Really nice, Ron!

hTr

I really Enjoyed these Ron, Thanks for posting them!!!

rwells

Nice shots Ron


I thought you said that your 100-400 wasn't very sharp. Maybe it wasn't you after all...